The next experiment!
Okay, so I’ve been thinking about ways in which to make my brewdays more doable without spending a solid afternoon or evening away from the monkey and missus…
Category: All Grain
The 30/30 Experiment
So, I’m a scientist, as I constantly seem to be saying these days and I like to think I understand biochemical and chemical processes quite well. As such I have always wondered why the hell we as brewers do things for certain periods of time. Why do we mash for 60 minutes or even 90? Why do we boil for the same amount of time?
NZ Hopped Steam Lager
This is an experimental recipe I’ve done to see whether these hops work with this style. Its gonna end up being a kind of steam hybrid, as its a little bit hoppier than normal, but I’m hoping the relatively simple clean base will allow the hops to shine quite brightly.
Hallertau Blanc Kölsch
First attempt at a Kölsch of my own recipe which I gave a couple of weeks to lager, hoping to get a lager-like result without the complex fermentation schedule.
Sams Boston Lager
Inspired by a clone recipe for Samuel Adams Boston Lager but with added hops and a Munich Lager yeast. This produced a delicious amber lager with a wonderfully floral and spicy hop character, some drinkers even claimed it was superior to the original…
Making a hop tea
A little video on making a hop tea to crank up the hops
Worst brew day ever!
Hey, just thought I would share this with you guys, the story of the worst brew day I’ve ever had…
Its a Monday, first day of the Easter holidays and I’m feeling great, I stick on a podcast (Time to get jacked for the UFC Event this weekend, and to hear the build up for the bout between Michael “The Count” Bisping and Georges “Rush” Saint Pierre) and start my day the same way as always…
Olicana Golden Ale
Used this recipe to try out Olicana hops for the first time, they were ok but not quite as exciting as the description makes out in my opinion…
Pale Eye Rye
So Brewdog have updated their DIY dog recipes for 2017 including beers not yet released, whatever you think of them as a company this is pretty cool (although watch out for the recipes which seem to be riddled with errors!). One of their beers I had last year and enjoyed was ‘Casino Rye Ale’ so I was happy to see this in the new book, I won’t be brewing it as its written because a) its wrong (stated grist does not give the correct OG) & b) the amount of hops is exorbitant IMO and the original did not taste like it had that much in it anyway. So here is my interpretation of what will give a similar beer with out having to spend the best part of £20 on hops alone!
Old Man’s Ale
Yep, I have a commonality in my nomenclature for beers, normally its named after the person I brewed it for, or some stupid name which lets me know what it is… So this one was a beer I did for the old man last November and its a remarkably simple and good pint. Not too bitter, not too sweet and a nice hop aroma. Simple seems to work really well with the Bitters Dad likes…